The Independent describes its work across issues including reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, emphasizing fact-checking over messaging. It says donations support journalists speaking to both sides and maintaining reporting accessible without paywalls. The Makerfield by-election features Robert Kenyon, running as Nigel Farage’s candidate against Labour’s Andy Burnham. Scrutiny focuses on resurfaced social media posts containing sexist language and transphobic slurs. The Brexit issue is central because Makerfield voted 65% for Brexit in 2016. Deleted 2019 posts suggest Kenyon may have denied voting Leave, including a forum comment rejecting claims about loving Trump and voting Brexit. The account linked to Kenyon also promotes his book.
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"Reform UK's Makerfield by-election candidate didn't vote for Brexit in the 2016 referendum, newly unearthed online posts suggest. Robert Kenyon, who is running as Nigel Farage's candidate in the contest against Labour's Andy Burnham, has been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks over a series of resurfaced social media posts that include sexist language and transphobic slurs. The issue of EU relations has become a key battleground in Makerfield, which voted 65 per cent in favour of Brexit a decade ago when Mr Farage led the campaign for the UK to leave the bloc."
"In now-deleted posts from 2019, Mr Kenyon, a plumber, appeared to deny that he voted Leave. An account linked to Mr Kenyon wrote on a rugby league fan forum: So anyone who thinks I love Trump, voted Brexit, read the Daily Mail, live in the 1950s, [am] a Tory and 103 is wrong. I'm none of the above. The remarks were made by an account under the username post, which reveals in other comments that their Twitter handle is @robkenyon1 and promotes Mr Kenyon's book, The Blood Waltz."
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